Isocyanates in flexible polyurethane foams

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 328-335

  Krone, C A ^a   Ely, J T A ^b   Klingner, T ^c   Rando, R J ^d  

^a Applied Research Institute   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Colormetric Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL GROUP; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYOL; POLYURETHAN FOAM; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT DERMATITIS; FOAM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STOICHIOMETRY; VOLATILIZATION; WORKPLACE;

ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 0037291399     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0195-2     Document Type: Article

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